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made the ſecret known to the deponent's companion, King; that the deponent was earneſtly ſolicited to be of the party, and, as an inducement, was told that they would get a great deal of plunder; and further, that the Indians would be made drunk by Baker, and that little danger would follow the expedition. The deponent refuſed to have any hand in killing unoffending people. His companion, King, went with Greathouſe, with divers others, ſome of whom had been collected at a conſiderable diſtance under an idea that Joſhua Baker's family was in danger from the Indians, as war had been commenced between Creſap and them already; that Edward King, as well as others of the party, did not conceal from the deponent the moſt minute circumſtances of this affair; they informed him that Greathouſe concealing his people, went over to the Indian encampments and counted their number, and found that they were too large a party to attack with his ſtrength: that he then requeſted Joſhua Baker, when any of them came to his houſe, (which they had been in the habit of) to give them what rum they could drink, and to let him know when they were in a proper train, and that he would then fall on them: that accordingly they found ſeveral men and two women at Baker's houſe; that one of theſe women had cautioned Greathouſe, when over in the Indian camp, that he had better return home, as the Indian men were drinking, and that having heard of Creſap's attack on their relations down the river, they were angry, and, in a friendly manner, told him to go home. Greathouſe, with his party, fell on them, and killed all except a little girl